Baby Dragon (1,500,000 KRW)

Chao Hu makes it 300,000, followed by a triple barrel sequence of 200,000, 550,000 and 1,800,000 to the river 3♦ J♥ 4♥ K♠ Q♠ with K♥ 3♣ where Zhao let's go of his J♠ 8♣ .

Hand #72: Chao Hu opens 250,000 and Hongjun Zhao fills up before check folding to Hu's 150,000 follow up on the flop 3♦ 8♥ Q♦ .

Hand #73: Zhao's 300,000 lead is defended by Hu to see the flop 9♠ 4♥ K♠ where he check-calls a 200,000 c-bet before switching to a 300,000 lead on the turn K♣ . Zhao calls, the board completes 2♣ and Zhao fills another 750,000 bet with trips K♦ 5♠ to scoop the pot against Hu's 9♦ 8♦ .

Hongjun Zhao makes it 200,000 and Chao Hu fills up to see the flop J♣ 2♦ Q♦ where Zhao's 200,000 c-bet with Q♥ 3♣ is enough to get Hu off of his 7♦ 6♥ .

Chao Hu opens 275,000 with A♥ K♥ and Hongjun Zhao fills up holding 4♦ 3♦ to see the flop 7♦ A♦ 6♥ that gets checked to the turn 7♥ where Zhao check-calls 450,000, the board completes 9♣ and Zhao tries to wrestle the pot his way by leading 750,000, but has to surrender after Hu calls.

Another bad beat for the player at risk on the board 4♣ T♠ 4♠ A♠ K♥ calls for an investigation into the dealers, trying to get home early ;)

Under the gun Xiao Liu ups the fee to 220,000 and takes both opponents to the flop 8♥ Q♥ T♦ that gets checked to the 8♠ turn and A♣ river before Liu bets 250,000 with 2♥ 2♣ . Zhao calls with his rivered top pair A♦ 6♣ to grow his stack some more.

With the 2♦ in the window, Wang starts skiing uphill and can't find a lift when the board completes K♠ 5♠ 3♣ J♠ , just missing out on the podium spots.

Hand #57: Under the gun Hongjun Zhao opens 200,000 and takes both blinds to the flop 9♠ 8♣ J♦ that gets checked all the way to the turn 9♦ and river A♦ before Zhao's 300,000 bet takes it down.

Hand #58: Chao Hu limps the button and Zhao checks his big blind to see the flop J♠ K♦ K♣ where Hu scoops with a 100,000 bet.

Hand #59: Xiao Liu jams 770,000 from the button with no takers.

Hand #60: Button Zhao collects blinds after raising to 200,000.

Hand #61: Zhao makes it 200,000 again, but folds when faced with a 650,000 three bet from small blind Chao Hu.

Under the gun Rong Zhang declares all-in for 320,000 and both blinds fill up to check it down to the river A♣ J♥ 6♥ 5♣ J♣ with big blind Chao Hu's 6♠ 3♣ being good enough to win another pot against Rong's Q♥ T♣ .

Hand #50: Hongjun Zhao opens 225,000 from the button and takes big blind Yongbin Wang to the flop 2♠ 5♣ Q♠ where Wang donks 200,000 with 9♥ 9♣ , but throws it away after Zhao upped it to 500,000.

Hand #51: Hongjun Zhao's 150,000 open takes big blind Chao Hu to the flop 8♠ 3♠ 5♣ that gets checked down all the way to the turn K♠ and river K♣ where Zhao flips over the winner A♦ J♠ against Hu's T♣ 7♣ .

Hand #45: Small blind Yongbin Wang raises to 155,000 and Chao Hu defends to see the flop A♣ 3♥ 3♠ where a 125,000 follow up from Wang gets the job done.

Hand #46: Hongjun Zhao collects the blinds after opening 150,000 from the hijack.

Hand #47: Chao Hu leads 150,000 from the button with no takers.

Hand #48: Hu opens 160,000 from the cutoff, but lets it go after small blind Xiao Liu declared all-in for 835,000.

Cutoff Yongbin Wang raises to 125,000 and fills up after button Chao Hu upped it to 280,000. Hu continues for 200,000 on the flop 4♠ T♥ 3♣ and Wang floats. The turn 6♣ and river 8♥ get checked down with Hu coming out on top holding 3♠ 2♠ against Wang's A♠ Q♠ .

Hand #39: Under the gun Rong Zhang opens 125,000 and big blind Chao Hu defends to see the flop 8♣ 3♦ 9♣ that gets checked to the turn 5♠ where a 90,000 bet from Hu gets the job done.

Hand #40: Zhongxian Li makes it 125,000 from the cutoff and Zhang defends big blind, the flop J♦ Q♦ K♠ gets checked to the turn 4♠ and Li scoops with a 75,000 delayed c-bet.

Immediate heartbreak for Chen on K♣ J♦ 5♠ J♣ 6♣ sending her to the rail.

Hand #30: Wenwen Chen walks.

Hand #31: Chao Hu takes the blinds after raising 125,000 from under the gun.

Hand #32: Chen jams 710,000 from the button to collect the blinds.

Hand #33: Hu jams the small blind to scoop pre.

Chao Hu opens 125,000 from the hijack and small blind Hongjun Zhao defends to see the flop 6♦ 3♠ A♥ where a 75,000 c-bet from Hu gets called. The turn 9♠ and river 9♣ get checked down with Zhao tabling the winner A♦ 7♦ against Hu's K♠ K♥ .

Chao Hu kicks off the action with an 80,000 raise and takes two customers to the flop 7♦ A♣ J♦ where his 60,000 c-bet gets called by both opponents to reveal the turn 3♣ that gets checked to the river A♠ . Button Xiao Liu bets 220,000 with A♥ T♦ and scoops the pot.

Hongjun Zhao raises 60,000 from +2 and takes two customers to the flop 2♣ 7♣ T♠ where big blind Rong Zhang donk-bets 100,000 with J♣ 9♣ to take it down.

Small blind Chao Hu open limps J♦ 4♦ and big blind Yiming Kuang ups it to 100,000 with 8♦ 8♥ . Hu calls to see the flop J♠ A♥ 5♦ and flats another 70,000 from Kuang. The turn falls 4♠ and Hu snaps Kuang's 430,000 all-in. The river J♥ seals the deal for Kuang, finishing in 9th place.

With a limp from under the gun Shizi Xiao in front, small blind Chao Hu makes it 95,000 and big blind Hongjun Zhao cold four-bets 295,000. Xiao folds, Hu goes in the tank, but decides to also let it go after some careful consideration.

Digging for a king, Hu strikes gold on the turn 9♥ 9♦ 2♥ K♥ and the river 4♦ seals Yang's fate.

Under the gun Hongjun Zhao raises again to 45,000 and takes two customers to the flop 2♦ 2♥ J♣ where his 55,000 c-bet takes him heads up with button Chao Hu to the turn 7♣ who calls Zhao's second barrel of 230,000 after tanking for a bit. The board completes K♦ , giving Zhao top pair with A♣ K♠ who jams his massive stack, but Hu snaps sevens-full 7♠ 7♦ to pick up the biggest pot of the day so far, taking him into the lead.

The dealer only tables blanks on 9♣ 2♦ 8♣ 6♣ 8♦ , leaving Wang's title defense chance alive.